An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States

1 Front Matter; 2 I. Origins of Study and Selection of Programs; 3 II. Methodology; 4 III. Chemistry Programs; 5 IV. Computer Science Programs; 6 V. Geoscience Programs; 7 VI. Mathematics Programs; 8 VII. Physics Programs; 9 VIII. Statistics/Biostatistics Programs; 10 IX. Summary and Discussion; 11 Minority Statement; 12 Appendix A: Letter to Institutional Coordinators and Accompanying Survey Form (Measures 01-03); 13 Appendix B: Survey of Earned Doctorates (Measures 04-07); 14 Appendix C: Letter to Evaluators and Specimen of the Instrument Used in the Reputational Survey (Measures 08-11); 15 Appendix D: The ARL Library Index (Measure 12); 16 Appendix E: Data on Faculty Research Support and R&D Expenditures (Measures 13 and 14); 17 Appendix F: Data on Publication Records (Measures 15 and 16); 18 Appendix G: Conference on the Assessment of Quality of Graduate Education Programs--Participants and Summary; 19 Appendix H: Planning Committe for the Study of the Quality of Research-Doctorate Programs; 20 Appendix I: Region and State Codes for the United States and Possessions